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January 2009.
Buddies in Bad Times
Theatre presents
THE 30TH RHUBARB FESTIVAL
CANADA'S PREMIER NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Feb 4 - 22, 2009
Festival Director Erika Hennebury
TORONTO, FEBRUARY 2009 ... CANADA'S PREMIERE NEW
WORKS FESTIVAL TURNS 30.
Buddies' announces a stellar line-up for the 2009 Rhubarb
Festival of new works. For 30 years The Rhubarb Festival
has offered Toronto artists a critic-free environment
to experiment with contemporary theatrical explorations.
Rhubarb encourages established artists to take new risks
and emerging artists to explore the medium of performance
creation in an inspired, encouraging space.
"ANNUAL TONIC OF FRESH AND EXCITING THEATRE THAT INVIGORATES TORONTO"
- THE TORONTO STAR
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From left to right:
1. Taylor Mac in The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac 2. Don Simons
in Sweet Ectsasy: Plans for an Escape Route 3. Lex Vaughn
in Graham & Diane. 4. Jon-Paul in Assalaamu`alaykum
(Peace Be Upon You). 5. Taylor Mac in The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac.
From left to right:
1. Amy Bowles from The Sexual Aberrations: Part One. 2. Future Folk. 3. Talking to Chris Dupuis. 4. Ryan Kelly from She Walks the Line.
From left to right:
1. /Dance/Songs/ 2. Another City 3. Matija Ferlin in Sad Sam. 4. Kaitlyn Regehr from Leni Riefenstahl vs the 20th Century. 5. Dearest Heart photo by Natalie Roth.
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December 2008.
Zona Pellucida
is the delightfully demented brainchild of Montreal’s
2boys.tv, who wowed audiences of Arthouse Cabaret with
their outrageous drag and video performances. Zona combines
the disparate elements of Vincenzo Bellini, Tennessee
Williams, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and a wild take
on blue screen puppet theatre to create a show that incorporates
their unique blend of music hall, high drag and stunning
video design.
“the most technologically sophisticated, superbly
staged, and intricately timed multi-media experience I
have had in quite some time” - San Francisco Bay
Times
The Needle Exchange
is a controversial
social policy, based on the philosophy of harm reduction
but it is also a 30 minute variety show curated and hosted
by Dora Award nominee Keith Cole, whose practice is based
on the ancient philosophy of the flamboyant and irreverent.
CHECK OUT OUR 5 STAR REVIEW IN
EYE
and our
NOW
Cover Story
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From left to right:
1. Photo of 2boys.tv Stephen Lawson & Aaron Pollard
by Andrea Hausman; Photo of Keith Cole & John Caffery
by David Hawe 2. Photo of 2boys.tv Stephen Lawson & Aaron
Pollard by Andrea Hausman; Photo Essay by Rick/Simon 3.
Photo of Keith Cole and John Caffery by David Hawe. 4. Photo
of Keith Cole and John Caffery by David Hawe
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December 2008.
BUDDIES
IN BAD TIMES THEATRE ANNOUNCES A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
FOR HYSTERIA: A FESTIVAL OF WOMEN, the largest multi-disciplinary
showcase of its kind in North America.
Hysteria is a vital forum for presentation, dicussion
and exchange unlike any other in the country. Moynan King,
Festival Director, is seeking submissions for the 5th
incarnation of this international showcase of female talent
from the worlds of theatre, dance, film, music and visual
and performance art.
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"[boxhead] is a dazzlingly smart,
frenetic, imaginative and tremendously fun play. First
staged in Toronto in 2001, it was an instant hit. In October
2008 [boxhead] is being remounted by Crow’s Theatre
at Buddies in Bad Times. "
"This fall, Coach House Books publishes the long-overdue
book of Darren O’Donnell’s groundbreaking
play [boxhead]. The book includes the full text of the
play, musical score and an introduction by the playwright.
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre launches
this year’s Queer Youth Arts Programme with QueerCab
Hosted by Chyra Spanx
Wednesday September 17, 2008
This Month’s Theme: FIERCE
Youth Programme Coordinator Chy Ryan Spain
7:30pm Performer Sign-up / 8pm Performance PWYC
Tallulah’s Cabaret 12 Alexander Street, Toronto
416 975 8555
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Toronto, August, 2008
- Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
ANNE MADE ME GAY When Kindred Spirits Get Naked. SAT NOV
29, 2008.
Curated by Moynan King and Rosemary Rowe.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
. Deadline:
Sept 20, 2008
Do you get weak in the knees at the sight of gingham?
Do you have an attraction to red-heads that you've never
fully explored?
Did Anne and her devotion to her bosom friends turn you
gay?
Anne Made Me Gay - When Kindred Spirits Get Naked is the
100th anniversary celebration of Canada's favourite red-headed
orphan - Buddies-style.
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Toronto, August, 2008
- Buddies In Bad Times Theatre presents
YOUNG CREATORS' UNIT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS.
DEADLINE: SEPT 30.
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre’s
Young
Creators Unit (YCU)
provides a supportive and artistically
rigorous space for four queer-identified artists (age
25 and under) to develop and perform their own original,
30-minute, solo performance piece. Through the weekly
Unit meetings, and the creative mentorship of Buddies’
artistic staff, members of the YCU workshop their material,
and finally present their works at the 2009 Rhubarb Festival.
The deadline for applications for the 2009 YCU is September
30th, 2008, 5 pm. Applicants will be notified of their
status by October 15th.
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Toronto, September, 2008
- BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS THE MULTI-AWARD
WINNING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BRAINCHILD OF DARREN O’DONNELL
(A SUICIDE SITE-GUIDE TO THE CITY, HAIRCUTS BY CHILDREN)
FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT. NOMINATED FOR 7 DORA MAVOR MOORE
AWARDS. October 18 – November 2, 2008. Opening Night
Performance Tuesday October 21, 8pm.
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“ –Toronto
Star, Toronto Sun, NOW Magazine, eye Weekly
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Toronto, August, 2008
- BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE PUTS YOUTH FRONT AND CENTRE,
KICKING OFF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH THE WORLD
PREMIERE OF WAAWAATE FOBISTER’S AGOKWE.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre kicks off the 2008-2009
Season with the world premiere of
Agokwe
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a new work from 23-year-old Ojibwa artist Waawaate Fobister.
Agokwe explores unrequited love between teenage boys from
neighbouring reserves.
They meet briefly at a post hockey-tournament party where
they bashfully confess their desire for each other. However
youth, distance and isolation strive to pull the threads
apart when tragedy intervenes.
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Waawaate Fobister’s Agokwe launches Buddies’
30th Anniversary Season. Photo by David Hawe, Graphic Artist
Rick Simon.
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Toronto, August, 2008
- BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE 2008-2009 OPENING NIGHT
CALENDAR.
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Toronto, June 6, 2008
- Buddies in Bad Times Theatre congratulates all the artists
involved in the creation of Arthouse Cabaret as our season
opener gets 4 nods from the Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations.
Arthouse
Cabaret
, the full-facility multi-media original cabaret
creation that opened Buddies’ 2007/08 Season was
nominated for 4 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Toronto’s
performance awards, at this morning’s press conference
at the Sony Centre for Performing Arts.
The show, which took a look at queer culture over the
past century, was created by David Oiye and Jim LeFrancois,
and the entire ensemble of artists which included: Keith
Cole; Stephen Lawson and Aaron Pollard from Montreal’s
2boystv; naughty burlesque queens Sasha Van Bon Bon and
Kitty Neptune from the Scandelles; Shane MacKinnon from
the beefcake boys, and musical theatre artists Paula Wolfson
and Jonathan Monro with Random Order’s Lynn Phillips,
as well as set/lighting designer Daniele Guevara, costume
designers Shadowland and lighting designer Adrien Whan.
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Toronto, June 5, 2008
- The Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award (LMJH Award)
is a new annual award that recognizes the important work
of theatre, dance and opera administrators. Recipients
of the LMJH Award have at least 10 years of demonstrated
commitment to the performing arts, in addition to having
made an impact on the industry in Toronto.
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Buddies’ 30th Season Announcement
May 2008.
QUEER
CANADIAN CULTURE; BUDDIES IN BAD TIIMES THEATRE TURNS
30. “TORONTO’S MOST DARING AND IMAGINATIVE
THEATRE COMPANY” (-Toronto Star)ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING
AND ARTISTIC INITIATIVES FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON.
A thirtieth birthday is an established cause for celebration.
It’s often a crossroads; when rebellious youthful
tendencies collide with considerations for the future.
This thought is apt, as Buddies enters its third decade.
It’s an exceptionally rich year.
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From left to right:
1. Waawaate Fobister’s Agokwe launches Buddies’
30th Anniversary Season. Photo by David Hawe, Graphic Artist
Rick Simon. 2. Kitty Neptune stars in special offsite presentation
of Neon Nightz. Photo by David Hawe, Graphic Artist Rick
Simon. 3. Montreal’s 2boys.tv (Stephen Lawson, Aaron
Pollard) star in Zona Pellucida. Photo by Andrea Hausman,
Graphic Artist Rick Simon
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December 12 2007.
BUDDIES
IN BAD TIMES THEATRE POSTS $54,691 SURPLUS ON REVENUES
OF $1,736,142 IN 2007, AND ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ADDRESS GENDER
INEQUITY IN MAINSTAGE PROGRAMMING.
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